Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

China has uncovered one of largest gold deposits on the planet in Hunan province, estimated to contain over 1,000 metric tons ...

Researchers have built a powerful new 3D earthquake simulation that reveals how massive quakes like the 2023 Turkiye disaster ...

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, ...

When Julian Lozos visited the site of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes two days after the event, he noticed something strange.

Imagery of fractured terrain on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter’s moon Europa pinpoints environments influenced by water.

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Thousands streamed out of their buildings in scenes of panic and chaos after the ... aftershock. Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against ...

The 2017 earthquake shook Mexico City to its core—killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and leaving widespread destruction in its wake. But nearly eight years later, the aftershocks are still ...

A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter ...

Last week’s earthquake only compounds Myanmar’s decades-long disaster of misrule by corrupt and brutal generals.

Mere hours after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar ... too terrified to enter their partially cracked homes, while others are unable to return to demolished houses. " ...